Photo: Samyaka.verma · CC BY-SA 3.0Carman records more crime per resident than two in three Canadian towns
Its police logs show 13.8 violent incidents and 28.9 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, while in the typical town its size the numbers are 12.9 and 31.2. Against usual levels of 85.7 and 62.8, violent and non-violent offences here reach 113 and 69.5. Graded on crime the police covering Carman reported from 2023 to 2025, it scores C for safety: #35 of 182 in Manitoba. Both towns next door with figures record less crime per resident.
Statistics Canada, police-reported crime, 2023–2025 means. The index weighs each crime by its seriousness; rates are incidents per 1,000 residents a year.
What stands out about safety in Carman
Mischief: high for a town its size
Carman records 10.1 incidents of mischief per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.9 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. By type ↓
Below Manitoba’s typical town
Carman’s index of 81.4 compares with 129.3 for the typical town in Manitoba. Towns its size ↓
Higher than many towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, Carman places 27th from the lowest index. Towns its size ↓
Above-typical clearance
For Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the typical clearance rate is 34%; Carman’s police clear 43%, 73% of violent crime and 27% of the rest. Questions ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
The grade: C for Carman
The grade weighs the Crime Severity Index and its violent half, averaged over 2023–2025, against every Canadian town and city neighbourhood of 1,000 people or more.
Its place: #35 of 182 in Manitoba and #1,738 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What police record in Carman, by type
Against the typical town its size, Carman runs highest on mischief (10.1 per 1,000 against 4.9), break and enter (4.5 per 1,000 against 2.8) and fraud (5.8 per 1,000 against 4.9). Assault and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.3 | 0.10 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 1.7 | 0.5 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 1 | 0.3 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.3 | 0.09 | — |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0 | 0 | — |
| Other violent violations | 0.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 15.7 | 4.5 | 30% |
| Possession of stolen property | 0.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 4.3 | 1.3 | — |
| Theft over $5,000 | 1.7 | 0.5 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 22.3 | 6.4 | 19% |
| Mischief | 35 | 10.1 | 29% |
| Weapons violations | 0.3 | 0.10 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 20.3 | 5.8 | 79% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 3.3 | 1 | — |
| Drug violations | 4.3 | 1.2 | — |
| Impaired driving | 4.3 | 1.3 | — |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0 | 0 | — |
Statistics Canada’s violation groups for the whole police service or detachment, incidents a year its own. Cleared: incidents solved by a charge or otherwise, as a share of those reported.
Incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 means, against the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
Among 40 towns its size, Carman places 27th
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Powassan Ontario | 3,657 | 15 | 22.5 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 7 | Ste. Anne Manitoba | 3,587 | 40.3 | 16.9 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 15 | Beausejour Manitoba | 3,565 | 58.8 | 39.1 | B |
| … | |||||
| 19 | WestLake-Gladstone Manitoba | 3,604 | 67.8 | 71.8 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 24 | Lac du Bonnet Manitoba | 3,592 | 76.7 | 86.3 | C+ |
| 25 | Electoral Area L (Grasslands), Thompson-Nicola British Columbia | 3,543 | 80 | 77.4 | C |
| 26 | Electoral Area F, Columbia-Shuswap British Columbia | 3,475 | 80 | 77.4 | C |
| 27 | Carman Manitoba | 3,547 | 81.4 | 113 | C |
| 28 | Bright New Brunswick | 3,648 | 81.7 | 78.9 | C |
| 29 | Morris Manitoba | 3,550 | 85.4 | 94.1 | C |
| 30 | Studholm New Brunswick | 3,668 | 86 | 92.8 | C |
| … | |||||
| 37 | Bifrost-Riverton Manitoba | 3,518 | 307.1 | 431.5 | D− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Opportunity No. 17 Alberta | 3,592 | 495.1 | 602.4 | D− |
The 40 Canadian towns of 2,500+ people closest in population; city neighbourhoods, city totals and reserves are left out. Towns on one police service or detachment share its index.
The Canadian towns closest to Carman in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Police in Carman recorded about 48 violent incidents a year, 2023–2025
Violent incidents per 1,000 a year, 2023–2025
Property crimes per 1,000 a year, 2023–2025
Statistics Canada counts actual incidents; those police record as unfounded are listed apart and kept out of its crime rates and severity index. Each incident is filed under its most serious violation, which the survey sets partly by the maximum penalty.
Add about 100 property crimes and 54 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Carman’s index year by year
Crime Severity Index
2024 was the peak (113.6) and 2025 the trough (60.9). The comparison line, the typical Canadian town its size, runs from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Carman | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 60.9 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 113.6 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 69.8 | 74.3 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Carman, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Carman
Each neighbour with its own figure comes in under Carman. Dufferin, 6.5 km away, is the nearest lower one, at 27.2 to 81.4.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Read with care. About 3,547 people live in the area these figures cover; at that size one bad year shows up large. Statistics Canada says: “Data for police services or detachments with populations less than 5,000 should be used with caution.”
- Reading the number. Canada’s own index has been below its 2006 base of 100 for years, so 100 marks a fixed reference, not today’s national average.
- Solved cases. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
- How serious, not how safe. One robbery outweighs a run of minor thefts here, since every crime counts by the sentences courts give it. Statistics Canada adds: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
Questions about safety in Carman
Is Carman safe?
With 13.8 violent incidents and 28.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, Carman comes to 81.4 on the Crime Severity Index (2023–2025); Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people have a median of 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Carman?
The three biggest groups are other Criminal Code offences at 12, mischief at 10.1 and theft under $5,000 at 6.4, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Carman?
Down 13%: 69.8 in 2023, 60.9 in 2025. The police area is small or partly reported, so treat the change with care.
How much of Carman’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 43% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (34% for the typical Canadian town its size); split up, that is 73% of violent and 27% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
They are Carman’s own: its police cover the town and no other.
Source: Statistics Canada, police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025 (Statistics Canada Open Licence); TownRatings calculation.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Crime severity index and weighted clearance rates, police services (tables 35-10-0186 to 0190, 0061, 0063, 0064), 2023–2025 · Statistics Canada, Incident-based crime statistics by detailed violations, police services (35-10-0178 to 0185) · Safety Grade: TownRatings calculation. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).